Monday, March 2, 2015 Last update: 11:23 a.m.
POLL QUESTION
Midwives once again pursue licensing, birth rights bill
1 hour agoWhile pregnant with her first child in Portland, Oregon, Bangor resident Marie Schramke sought a birthing environment that was private, supportive and personal. She ended …
Massicotte claims 6th Can-Am Crown win
2 hours agoFORT KENT | Martin Massicotte took the early lead in the Can-Am Crown sled dog race soon after leaving the start in Fort Kent …
Tabby cat ‘doing very well’ after suffering burns from car engine
BRUNSWICK | February was the second-coldest month on record, the National Weather Service in Gray reported Sunday, and not only for those of us …
HE SAID, SHE SAID (blog)
Maine’s governor and attorney general need to join forces against DHHS incompetence.
The “top stayer” at a Portland homeless shelter caused quite a stir this week when …
REGION:
Brewer fitness center owners file for bankruptcy
47 mins agoThe owners of a Snap Fitness franchise in Brewer have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, …
STATE & CAPITOL (blog)
GOP operative convicted of illegal political coordination has Poliquin connection
12 mins agoTyler Harber, a 34-year-old GOP campaign operative in the D.C. area who coordinated $325,000 in …
Early morning fire damages Biddeford apartment building
3 hours agoAn overnight fire in Biddeford damages part of an apartment building, forcing …
CULTURE SHOCK (blog)
1 hour ago
Weezer set for summertime concert on Maine State Pier in Portland, July 31
Loud-mouth bird spurs East Millinocket to consider anti-rooster ordinance
Pepe the Rooster wasn’t around long, but he made such a …
Elderly driver crashes into Westbrook Rite Aid, injuring employee
An 84-year-old Gorham man crashed his car into Rite Aid Pharmacy on …
Skowhegan man’s fiery death ruled suicide, police say
FAIRFIELD | A 61-year-old Skowhegan man doused himself with gasoline and set himself on …
- Horror film shot in Maine to premiere at South by Southwest festival
- Nebraska same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, judge says
- Florida group to sue FBI in death of friend of Boston bombing suspect
- New general manager picked for Portland arena
- Accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court as trial looms
- Kerry says Putin ‘misinterprets’ US intentions in Ukraine
Opinion
EDITORIALS
Want to cut jail spending? Stop putting so many low-risk people in jail
Although Maine’s crime rate has dropped, the number of people held in county jails has doubled in the last two decades. Maine, like other states, …
Sports
Hampden boys surge to 2nd Class A state championship in 3 years
AUGUSTA | A fast start and dominant finish sparked Hampden Academy to its second Class A boys basketball state championship in three years Saturday …
Health
POLL QUESTION
Midwives once again pursue licensing, birth rights bill
While pregnant with her first child in Portland, Oregon, Bangor resident Marie Schramke sought a birthing environment that was private, supportive and personal. She ended …
Business
CONSUMER FORUM
There’s no doctor-patient confidentiality on the Internet
Internet watchers have long been warning consumers about the privacy implications of tracking. Now, one researcher says simple online searches for health information could be …
Living
WAYNE E. REILLY
‘Dumps, billboards, parks': Bangor reformers aimed to improve city
During the Progressive Era a century ago hardly a week went by when somebody in Bangor didn’t speak up in favor of reforms to improve …
Outdoors
ACT OUT WITH AISLINN (blog)
Where in the woods am I?
Before attending the Cabin Fever Reliever in Brewer, Oreo and I went on a sunny snowshoe up a mountain on Friday. We actually didn’t make …
Food
IF MY COASTER COULD TALK (blog)
American on Tap – Bangor Edition
I heard about America on Tap in mid-December, that’s when I started emailing them to find out about their organization and about the two events …
Events
CULTURE SHOCK (blog)
Lady Antebellum to return to Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes
Lady Antebellum, multi-platinum country trio, will play its third concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion this summer, when they return to Bangor on Thursday, June …
- CULTURE SHOCK (blog): 5 Things To Do This Weekend, Feb. 27-March 1: Goodbye, February, you miserable so-n-so
- BACKSTAGE (blog): Penobscot Theatre Company presents “End Days”: a Maine Premiere
- GEORGE'S OUTDOOR NEWS (blog): Join us March 6,7 for Bob Duschesne’s Birding Adventure with Maine Huts and Trails
